The Nikkei report also said the iPhone event will be scheduled for Tuesday, September 10 in the U.S. As for the predicted September 20 launch date, that happens to fall on a Friday so it could very well match up to Apple’s release plans from last year.

September 21, 2012: iPhone 5 launch date. Image via The Verge

Since Canada was part of the initial iPhone 5 launch group with Japan, one would expect we’d also see the phone released here on the same date.